Birthday Special: Hrithik Roshan's Top 10 Brawny Moments

Birthday Special: Hrithik Roshan's Top 10 Brawny Moments

Ever since his sensational entry in films, Hrithik Roshan's chiseled body has been a subject of constant envy. The light-eye hero, however, never relied on his Adonis face and marvelous physical make-up alone to become a sound success.

Over the decade and almost 20 films, actor-turned-filmmaker Rakesh Roshan's diligent son has build his reputation as an actor committed to his profession excelling both, as a mind-blowing dancer and a discerning artist, with hardly any inclination to stay in the news for anything besides his work.

The stunning superstar with one of the best bodies in the business turns 39 today. Here's celebrating and chronicling HR's fabulous physique with 10 of his BEST brawny moments on big screen.

Kaho Naa...Pyaar Hai, 2000

From a lanky assistant to his dad on Koyla to a poised leading man of his debut Kaho Naa...Pyaar Hai, Hrithik took tips from muscular superstar Salman Khan (who previously worked in their home production, Karan Arjun) on body-building to floor the audience with his smashing turn, both, as Rohit and Raj.

Mission Kashmir, 2000

In his debut year itself Hrithik rocked the screen with one intense delivery after another.

And even director Vidhu Vinod Chopra couldn't resist playing up his intimidating physicality against the likes of Bollywood's veteran action heroes -- Sanjay Dutt and Jackie Shroff -- to create a larger-than-life ferocity in Mission Kashmir.

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, 2001

Trust a suave, super stylish Hrithik Roshan to make heads turn in a typical Karan Johar style drama where every single person resembles a designer catalogue with his lean, mean entry in sleek, sleeveless vests designed with the single aim of flaunting his blustering biceps.

Jodhaa Akbar, 2008

He's clad in layers of brocade and adorned by strings of rubies, emeralds and uncut diamonds as the regal Emperor in Ashutosh Gowariker's costume drama.

But the camera pauses to lovingly examine his laboriously acquired frame in scenes where he's single-handedly taking on an elephant or when he's working out with his sword in solitude oblivious to his new bride's (played by Aishwarya Rai) lustful glances.

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, 2011

In Zoya Akhtar's Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Hrithik takes off his shirt not just to make girls go weak in the knees but also as a symbol of letting loose from his previously uptight self to have a blast in Spain's famed Tomatina festival.